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The Amsterdam VU-Orchestra concert in Bauska Culture hall June 1st was event which probably has not been and will not be happening soon again in Bauska. At the same time it was for free.
The Culture hall was full and orchestra was able to capture the audience with first accords- from sounds of violins to drumbeats and cymbal crash. The introduction of each, even smallest musical instrument, was possible to notice in joint composition of all instruments. Young musician’s ductility under baton of conductor Daan Admiral was admirable and deserved a storm of applause. 
The endless applause filled with enthusiasm and presented flowers asked for continuation. Only when conductor Daan Admiral closed his voluminous music-book and with expressive gesture indicated that the concert is over, audience was ready to leave. The musicians were staying in their places showing the respect to the responsive audience.
Item L1 Nieuws - 30 juni 2011
Bekijk hier het item uit het L1 journaal van 30 juni 2011 over het VU-Orkest in Tuincentrum Peeters te Arcen: YouTube
Artikel Tracer VUmc - maart 2009
Lees hier het artikel over het concert van het VU-Orkest op 24 februari 2009 gepubliceerd in het personeelsblad "Tracer" van het VUmc van maart 2009.
Artikel VU-Magazine 3 - december 2008
Lees hier het artikel over het VU-Orkest gepubliceerd in het VU-Magazine van december 2008
2008: Zomertournee Letland
www.bauskasdzive.lv - 02-07-2008 - Vertaald uit het Lets
"The concert pulled our heartstrings"
By DAINA ZIEMELE
The Amsterdam VU-Orchestra concert in Bauska Culture hall June 1st was event which probably has not been and will not be happening soon again in Bauska. At the same time it was for free.
According received information, the orchestra is one of the best and largest amateur orchestra with 80 -120 participants. It usually performs late romanticism music and music of 20th century, there are number of Shostakovitsh and Mahler symphonies in repertory.
More than 80 young people visited Latvia to perform in four concerts in Riga and vicinity of it. Bauska Town Council and Bauska Town Hall with enthusiasm took an offer and invited orchestra to perform in Bauska. We would like to thank them for the opportunity.
The Culture hall was full and orchestra was able to capture the audience with first accords- from sounds of violins to drumbeats and cymbal crash. The introduction of each, even smallest musical instrument, was possible to notice in joint composition of all instruments. Young musician’s ductility under baton of conductor Daan Admiral was admirable and deserved a storm of applause.
Daan Admiral started his musical career as a brilliant oboe player. He graduated studies at the Conservatorium of Amsterdam with many prizes. Later he continued studies privately with the famous Russian conductor Kyrill Kondrashin. Particular adoration and flowers earned the first violin of orchestra Anna Giske. She started to learn to play violin in age of seven. Anna was a student of Amsterdam Conservatory.
The endless applause filled with enthusiasm and presented flowers asked for continuation. Only when conductor Daan Admiral closed his voluminous music-book and with expressive gesture indicated that the concert is over, audience was ready to leave. The musicians were staying in their places showing the respect to the responsive audience.
Visitors of newspaper portal:
-Truly fantastic!!! Thank you!!
-The concert was marvellous, thank you!!
-Marvelous concert; whoever was the organizer- THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!!!!
Bauskas Vestis - 02-07-2008 - Vertaald uit het Lets
"Brilliant Performance"
By ANDRA MATULENKO
The concert of Amsterdam University symphonic orchestra in Bauska Culture Hall was held in July 1st. The event was important to Town, because it was one of the 400.Anniversary events. The entrance was free, and hall was filled with listeners. To ensure the necessary facilities for concert, the special platforms were delivered from Riga. There were over 70 artists performing.
The Amsterdam VU-orchestra is one of the largest and probably best student symphonic orchestras. There are 80-120 musicians. The orchestra regularly participates in different cross-cultural projects and one of the projects was tour to Latvia- to perform four concerts, one was in Bauska. As the manager told, the concerts are always well attended and musicians know how to attract listeners with emotional and professional concerts.
The conductor Daan Admiral started his musical career as a brilliant oboe player. He graduated Conservatorium of Amsterdam, earned many prizes. The first violin of orchestra Anna Giske graduated Amsterdam Conservatory in 2006 and participated in master classes in Italy, Florence.
The Prokofiev "Lieutenant Kije suite", Stravinsky "Le Baisér de la Fée", Rimsky-Korsakov "Shéhérazade"" was performed in Bauska. The audience standing with cheer expressed the adoration to musicians for the brilliant performance. The appreciation to orchestra was expressed also by the Mayor of Bauska Town Arija Gaile.
2005: Zomertournee
Zomertournee 2005, Het Parool.
2007: Brahms - Een Hollands Requiem
AD/Rotterdams Dagblad - 17-12-2007
Bij Jan Rot gaat Brahms’ Requiem over het leven
Philharmonisch Koor Toonkunst Rotterdam, VU Orkest en solisten o.l.v. Daan Admiraal.
Gehoord: 16 december, Doelen
GER VAN DER TANG
ROTTERDAM
Elke ademtocht brengt je dichter bij het einde van het aardse bestaan. Een gedachte die je onwillekeurig bekruipt tijdens een concert waarop achtereenvolgens een Todtenklage, een werk getiteld Quid hoc dementiae est (Christus’ verwijt dat de mens aan zijn eigen waanzin ten onder gaat) en Brahms’ Requiem op het programma staan.
Maar er is troost: in Samuel de Lange’s Todtenklage voerde zondagmiddag welluidende zang van het Toonkunst Kamerkoor en de sopraan Tetsje van der Kooi de gestorvene naar de andere wereld. Met aan het slot betoverende klanken van de violist Dimitri Ivanov en de harpiste Ekatarina Levental.
En Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem, een werk dat door zijn buitengewone zeggingskracht toch al tot nadenken stemt, krijgt in de hertaling door Jan Rot tot Een Hollands Requiem een extra dimensie. Rot heeft dit Requiem een complete slag omgedraaid, waardoor het hiernamaals het hiernamaals van de nabestaanden wordt: ‘Wohl denen die in den deinem Hause wohnen’ in deel 4 wordt ‘Vrij zijn zij die in onze harten wonen’, en ‘Hoe heerlijk is de herinnering’. Rots tekst gaat over het leven van hen die na hen leven.
De uitvoering onder Daan Admiraal, daags na de première in Amsterdam, was schitterend. Met een fenomenaal spelend studentenorkest van de Vrije Universiteit en een uiterst geconcentreerd zingend Toonkunst. Van de solisten maakte vooral de bariton Willem de Vries indruk. De zang van Tetsje van der Kooi was aan de koele, afstandelijke kant.
Indrukwekkend was ook Quid hoc dementiae est van Carlos Micháns, op teksten van Erasmus. Een geweldig brok muziek over het menselijk tekort. Koor en orkest namen alle hindernissen van snijdende dissonanten en klankerupties feilloos. En adembenemend was de verstilling aan het slot. Maar wel misten we iets van Erasmus' ironie.
